I was looking for some advice on how to hover upside down. I am able to to do it for a short bit, but kite eventually wants to land with leading edge facing down. As the kite slowly lands, I think I must be applying too much reverse to try to correct, because the lines go slack, then kite wants to spin. Any ideas, or is the answer obvious "more practice" thanks

Nothing wrong with backing down when it falls apart!! Just try holding it as long as you can each time, when it falls apart, step forward and let it land! You'll find it easier to hold as you do it more!! Try adding a slide to keep it interesting!!

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Thanks for the tips. I will give it a shot. I wasn't really sure if there was any advice that could be given other than just PRACTICE, but I appreciate other options. I am waiting for my second rev to arrive in mail ( like a kid waiting for christmas) which is a b-series mid vent so I should have longer leaders to work with and try extenders. Thanks again all

Set-up the kite with too much reverse,... a quick fix is to slide your grip lower on the handles, imagine your pinky finger is BELOW the foam

practice flying to shoulder height and hover, inverted the whole time. Super-tiny adjustments on the handles and move your feet (forward or backward) to change the wind strength.

the kite is easier to fly inverted, the weight is down and you'll change the angle of attack to alter your position.

practice until you're sick of it and then do something else. eventually though you'll need the skill to back-up inverted to directly overhead, laser straight lines and locked-in speed control. This will take many hundreds (or thousands!) of hours to make looking effortless on your part

There's one trick we came up with when I was helping a friend learn to hover inverted. A common problem in that hover (and a lot of other things) is the tendency to over control. This starts with a little wobble, and builds until you lose it altogether.

What we came up with was flying to the top of the window, turning over, and flying back down. The trick is to fly back down as slowly as possible while maintaining control. Go slower and slower until you are hovering. Slow forward (downward) motion, as opposed to trying to hover, helped him tame the over control wobbles.

There's one trick we came up with when I was helping a friend learn to hover inverted. A common problem in that hover (and a lot of other things) is the tendency to over control. This starts with a little wobble, and builds until you lose it altogether.What we came up with was flying to the top of the window, turning over, and flying back down. The trick is to fly back down as slowly as possible while maintaining control. Go slower and slower until you are hovering. Slow forward (downward) motion, as opposed to trying to hover, helped him tame the over control wobbles.

That is a great way to think about the problem. I'm not trying to fly upside down, I'm merely trying to descend really slowly.